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the world is moving on;

- any news on whether/when any of the vaccines will be approved for use in thailand?

- any news on the purchase of more than the 26 million doses? (enough for only 13 million people, just in excess of the population of bangkok...)

- any news on when the vaccine programme will be rolled out?

- any news on who will be the priority groups of the population the receive the vaccine first?

18 hours ago, Venom said:

Is there no way to prevent the annual flooding?

 

Incredibly within a few short months they will need assistance because of severe drought. ????

 

 

i'm sure there is but it will require technical expertise and money.

8 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

I think he came to the wrong place. He wants peace and quiet in Pattaya? He didn’t really think that through.
 

Thais have every right under the sun to have a socialise and sing and listen to music. 
And make a living. 
And have a job.
 

I lived in a Soi with a seven bedroom holiday rental in Pattaya. 
The Thais didnt care about the noise, I didn’t either, I didn’t let it bother me and a couple of times I was invited in for a drink, some food and to singalong. 

 

3 farangs in the Soi were constantly complaining and wanted me to join their complaints until I told them “Their country, they can do what they like, they aren’t hurting anyone, just singing and dancing, having fun like normal young people do”.

 
The thai owner of the villa actually kept the whole Soi nice and tidy.

 

The only times the Thai residents were not happy was because the farang and Indian groups of men brought back prostitutes and there would sometimes be fights and screaming over non payment. 
 

Nothing worse than when a foreigner shows up uninvited to a country and starts telling the local people how to behave because he doesn’t like. Call the party off because it is annoying a foreigner. 
 

He can complain all he likes, nothing will change, but if the Thais know he snitched on them, well, you know....

“Their country, they can do what they like, they aren’t hurting anyone, just singing and dancing, having fun like normal young people do”.

i dont get the logic of the 'it's their country.'.' argument. so if you're the citizen of a particular country it's ok to behave in an anti-social, possibly illegal way, simply because of citizenship? so what if your activities are disturbing/annoying other citizens of that country, how does the argument pan out?

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

My missus once said there's a grade of fake.. like grade A grade B etc.

true, certainly for fakes of high end goods

it doesn't state what time the photo was taken, sure it's deserted but back in the day it was never particularly busy until late afternoon/early evening, a night time photo would have been more relevant for comparison purposes.

9 hours ago, Oldie said:

A good idea to test it on the Brits first. ????

hardly, 43,00 people worldwide were involved in the stage 3 trial

6 hours ago, uncleP said:

It's all to do with control and conformity but nothing to do with education. 

it's to do with a level playing field, the same in many countries, it stops the creation of division between those who have and those who have not. education is equal for all so all should follow the rules.

teachers being allowed to cut a student's hair is another matter.

if you dont feel comfortable politely ask for a private room or screen. problem solved.

7 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

The UK vaccine is claimed to be only 70% effective.  Meaning it doesn't work for 3 out of 10 people.  If they just opened the country up to anyone who is vaccinated, there would be many vaccinated but still infected people arriving daily.  

far too a simplistic statement; just because you're vaccinated it dosn;t mean you can't be infected and pass on the virus - you just wont develop symptoms. every country has to decide what their priorities are, for sure you'll see the uk and many european countries getting pretty much back to normal once their vaccination programmes are completed.

i'm not sure thailand advance ordered any vaccine and only recently ordered 26 million doses, enough for 13 million people - out of around 70 million population. it will take a while for their initial order to be delivered as it will be behind the hundreds of millions of doses pre-ordered by more forward thinking countries.

so thailand is tens of millions of doses short already, and no vaccination programme in place. if the government is going to wait until all the population is vaccinated before allowing tourists in it could take years

On 11/26/2020 at 4:19 PM, Elkski said:

Thailand facing the global market.  Pain will be felt.  I Read about best tasting rice  is not from Thailand.   Not that any rice has much taste for me.  

the best tasting rice? the answe is often subjective and nationalistic; thais will say thai rice is best, japanese will say japanese rice is best, vietnamese will say vietnamese rice is best...

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

A Thai doctor representing the health ministry... blah blah blah...

 

haha, well at least it's not 'reporting' something a random doctor posted on their facebook page

1 hour ago, Don Chance said:

Paypal charge 3%++ commission plus exchange. So when you book on agonda and pay with paypal you are paying almost 15% extra!

The other thing is if you have to refund someone, paypal now keeps that commission rate of 3%+ !!

so don't use paypal for these transactions. problem solved.

i've used paypal for 15 odd years, never paid them a penny to use their service, never had a problem.

no need to ban them, charge them a 'pollution charge' to enter the city, or central area of the city, similar to congestion charges and similar initiatives in other major cities; many wont enter to avoid paying and if they want to come into the city income will be generated for air pollution initiatives

if i take a short cut to my apartment building i pass through small sois where street vendors store their carts. i see dogs, cats and rats freely running over the carts. i see the local drunks and homeless using the carts to sit on or put/spill their beer, food, etc on. i have never, ever seen a vendor wash or clean their cart before taking it out to use for the preparation and service of food.

ok, suppose a 'tourist' contracts the virus and the foreigners they have been in contact with can be traced and warned, but if thais dont have the app any thais who have been in contact this person and become infected will not know they are infected and go about infecting other people... 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Correction: You will get if free in the UK...

and. apparently, by easter

On 11/20/2020 at 5:42 AM, keith101 said:

How unlike Thais to take advantage .

 

oh come on, nothing 'thai' about this, prices for hotels, flights, etc. increase in school and other holidays e.g. christmas,  the world over

3 hours ago, 473geo said:

 

I would suggest the 'rural poor' in Thailand are much happier with their 'lot' than the urban poor in the UK and Bangkok mostly because their plot gives them options, not being solely reliant on hand outs from the government.

 

My mother in law is what you would class as 'rural poor' yet she has enough land to give each of her children a plot to build a home for their retirement years, enough land that they may grow rice and feed themselves. This is not a position I would expect the Bangkok or UK 'urban poor' to attain any time soon.

 

i'm sure many rural poor in thailand  are relatively happy. the hierarchical nature of the society means people know their place, the lower class have very low expectations from life, low expectations are easily met.

1 hour ago, 473geo said:

You are looking to ruin the lives of many Thai with your thoughtless ideas - the self sufficiency model is in place to negate the need for high wages and taxes to support an expensive welfare system.

 

Forcing the rural population into the metropolis in order to facilitate larger more profitable farms would be a travesty. Quality of life surviving on a rural farm will surely be more healthy and enjoyable than poverty in a city.

not if the development of the country is well managed, it's not a simple one solution fits all, education for example needs to be improved, opportunities and support for the development of business and the economy needs to be provided centrally and locally, corruption needs to be addressed. failure to do this will result in the rural poor remaining the rural poor. if they are happy with that then fine. the uk benefits today from what started with the enclosures act in the 1500s, thailand is someway behind.